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When does ZARA’s Fall sale start?

With summer winding down, the Autumn months are near so that means fall fashions are coming to our favorite stores. The store I visit the most is Zara especially during their sales.

By stuart

September 27, 2015December 25, 2016

City New York

Goodbyes: Iconic Pearl City Mart to close massive SoHo store in December

Pearl River Mart is a three-level department store you wouldn’t expect to see on the busiest, most tourist-heavy, bustling street in the heart of Soho’s retail center.

By stuart

September 26, 2015September 26, 2015

Food

How to recycle your Nespresso pods through UPS for free

In the last years, Nespresso machines have become a popular appliance. The problem with the one-touch espresso machines is that they require pods that when discarded, end up in a landfill.

By stuart

September 25, 2015September 25, 2015

Tech

How do I earn money from Google Consumer Surveys (and how do I get paid)?

Google Consumer Surveys is a relatively new advertising product from the search giant. The basic idea behind the Consumers Survey product is for visitors to answer survey questions before they can access the content on the website they came to see.

By stuart

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015

Tech

What is Trailhead and what’s their relationship to Salesforce?

If you found yourself on the second floor of Moscone West this past week during Dreamforce 2015, then you found yourself in a outdoors-themed wonderland hosted by an entity called “Trailhead”.

By stuart

September 20, 2015September 23, 2015

Food

Best of Alphabet City: Gruppo Thin Crust

With more than 1500 pizza places in New York City, you have to be outstanding to separate yourself from the pack.

By stuart

September 12, 2015September 20, 2015

City

Lyft Line: When a car service is cheaper than the subway

Would you rather have a car pick you up from your home and zip you directly to your destination or take the subway? Usually the subway is cheaper than a private car, but with Lyft Line, the price difference isn’t much.

By stuart

September 10, 2015October 5, 2015

Culture New York

The “China: Through the Looking Glass” exhibit sets record numbers at The Met

The Met’s recent exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass” was a blockbuster that no one expected — the show broke several records and goes down in history as one of the most-visited ever at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By stuart

September 8, 2015September 9, 2015

City

Did you get the dreaded “Looks like you’ve had a Citi Bike out for a while…” email from Citi Bike?

At 2:30 AM in the morning, I received the “OH CRAP” automated email from Citi Bike customer service telling you that something is amiss. You may have seen this subject line: Looks like you’ve had that Citi Bike out for a while…

By stuart

September 7, 2015October 21, 2015

Comic Books Queer Race

Marvel finally has a major character that’s an Asian American male.. and it’s the Hulk!

It’s been a long time coming for Asian American male characters in the major comic book universes. We’ve had to be content with super-powered stereotypes Shang Chi, Sunfire and Collective Man, but we’ll finally have the first-ever Asian American lead character.

By stuart

September 5, 2015September 5, 2015

City

What is considered downtown in New York? And where is midtown and uptown?

As with any large metropolitan area, there are invisible boundaries known only to the denizens of that city. In Manhattan, there are downtown, midtown or uptown designations, but no official borders, so where does each start and end?

By stuart

August 31, 2015September 1, 2015

City

Cheap and tasty rice noodle rolls from Sun Hing Lung Co

Cheong fun is a dish associated with dim sum. It’s normally found side-by-side with some of the more popular dim sum dishes like har gow, sui mai and char su bao.

By stuart

August 30, 2015August 30, 2015

Shopping

Is TodayTix decreasing the payout for referrals to $10?

Users of the TodayTix have been reporting that they’ve received notifications from the app announcing that referral payouts are decreasing from $20 to just $10.

By stuart

August 29, 2015August 29, 2015

City Culture New York

The A, B, C and Ds of ALPHABET CITY (the “Not East Village” song”)

Two years ago when I first moved to New York, Avenues A, B, C and D were talked about as if they were apart of the East Village. And I happily went along not knowing better.

By stuart

August 28, 2015September 1, 2016

Shopping

Get a TodayTix discount with the following promo code: BIHLO

When it comes to Broadway tickets, “rush” tickets and Standing Room are great if you can get them, but you can sit in line for hours and walk away empty-handed.

By stuart

August 27, 2015August 29, 2015

Music Race

Is Lion Babe’s Lucas Goodman part Asian?

I got my first listen to Lion Babe during this year’s Afropunk Fest and after seeing a couple photos of the band, I wondered if Lucas Goodman was part Asian?

By stuart

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

New York Shopping

Get an eye exam and eyeglass lenses for $50 at Optical 88 in Chinatown

Just when you’ve resigned yourself to spending a pile of cash on something you expect to spend a pretty penny on, Chinatown comes through for you again.

By stuart

August 25, 2015August 30, 2015

Tech

TodayTix Review: Is TodayTix better than TKTS and “RUSH” tickets?

You may have run across TodayTix before and if you haven’t heard of the discounted Broadway tickets app in the past, you might be a little internet-wary of its claims.

By stuart

August 24, 2015September 23, 2015

Food

Remedies for the flu? These 3 principles will help you understand what works best against influenza

There isn’t a cure for the flu, just best practices. So until we find a potion that will serve to rid us of influenza, it’s all about home remedies.

By stuart

August 21, 2015August 22, 2015

Food

Is garlic good for you when you have the flu or cold?

Does eating garlic help when you’re sick? If you have a cold, a fever or the flu, what will garlic do for you?

By stuart

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015

Culture Music New York

Afropunk announces 2015 schedule and NYC lineup [UPDATED 8/22]

The 2015 Afropunk Festival has announced their official stage schedule and stage times for its two-day New York event at Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park.

By stuart

August 19, 2015August 22, 2015

Culture Tech

Yelpers sue Yelp for backpay because they registered, wrote reviews

In “ridiculous lawsuit” news, a class action lawsuit against Yelp was dismissed recently because… well, the rationale was stupid.

By stuart

August 18, 2015September 23, 2015

Food

Buffalo Wing Calorie Count: There are 84 calories in each buffalo chicken wing!

Chicken wings are probably one of the most common, if not the most common, bar food. Long chicken wing story short, I’ve been eating a lot of wings lately and find myself wondering how many calories each tiny chicken arm has.

By stuart

August 17, 2015August 31, 2015